I didnt say my opinion is superior nor more valuable than his. You said that. But on this subject which i explain down here i have a good claim at understanding things since i enjoy and support what he doenst seem to appreciate...so i disagree with him. You deal with it.

And please, keep those flaming daggers away. I can sense your " oh no how dared he attack Ctolkien" attitude ...miles away.

He underestimates the power and reach and benefits that any adaptation can add to the greater expansion of the original work ...be it video games, miniatures, posters , movies....slot machines with lotr names and references..i can certainly understand a disgust with it...but not those other things...

Just because a great literary work is adapted into many different visual and material mediums and is expanded to many different audiences with different appreciations, takes and preferences on it, doesnt mean the value and themes of the original work become diluted and warped into some cheap couldron of mediocrity that is against the original work.

On the contrary...because of the expansion of tolkiens work into other mediums, an enourmous amount of people have come discover and love tolkiens books...he underestimates this...

Also, as RArmitage said recently, middle earth has the scope and quality of a mythology..and mythologies are translated, and retold, re appreciated in many, many different ways throughout the ages...that is what is going to happen to middle earth ...and that is a testament to its value, not a chepening of it...

So yes i disagree with him and look forward to a different attitude by his sucessor...